The state of it.
Bush and Obama basically have the same foreign policy. Obama is following Bush’s playbook from 2006-08. And yes, it is murderous and destabilizing and designed to radicalize people.
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The year (2014) that was.
NPR has made the astonishing discovery that Russia does exactly what we do in nations all around the world – insert ourselves into their political process in a manner forbidden by U.S. law if someone were to try it here.
New cold war on tap.
Obama has announce that we will be taking part in NATO exercises in western Ukraine; roughly the equivalent of Russia or China or Iran doing the same in western Cuba. Big fat how do you like it.
Finding enemies.
Iraq is not that far from what happened in Afghanistan over thirty-five years. We create the post-apocalyptic space within which our own future adversaries can thrive.
Bad guys.
Russia’s objection to NATO expansion? Well, this is just a guess, but I’m pretty sure they are against any major military alliance on their western flank, probably because they were invaded four times, starting with Napoleon, the last time nearly destroying Russian society.
Persistent truths.
Despite his autocratic tendencies, Putin is not hard to figure out, friends. He doesn’t want another Syria as his next door neighbor.
Friend of my enemy.
We are far more deeply entrenched in a Cold War mentality by virtue of the fact that our empire still stands, more or less, while our rival’s has disappeared.
Exceptionalism.
This Syria intervention is just a crazy, bad idea, and one that the president seems very attached to. It’s a kind of madness, executive power, and it’s long since taken hold of old Barry-O.
Week that was (again).
Russia’s authoritarianism, the anti-gay laws – it’s pretty disgusting. But then, have we broken with Saudi Arabia yet? Their laws are worse.
The week that was. (Again.)
Another majority vote fails to carry legislation out of the rat hole that is the U.S. Senate – it once again screwed minimally useful legislation in favor of doing absolutely nothing.